pale (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A stakeII. LimitIII. Enclosed territory • pale (subs.): I. A stake: pālus, vallus: v. stake. II. Limit: perh. pōmoerium (pōmērium: strictly, a narrow space encircling and bounding a city: Varr. L. L. 5, 32, 143 used fig. Varr. R. R., 1, 2, med. (minore p. aliquam rem finire). Or līmes, ĭtis, m. (a boundary wall): Tac. G. 29, extr.: v. boundary. III. Enclosed territory: fīnes, ium, m.: v. territory.